PM's Independence Day Speech, 2009:
Today is most certainly a day of happiness and pride for us. We are
proud of our freedom. We are proud of our democracy. We are proud of
our values and ideals. But we should also.....
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‘Vande Mataram’ no taboo for Muslim BJP leaders: Singing "Vande Mataram" is no taboo for Muslim leaders
associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP). This was amply on
display when BJP's Minorities.....Read Full

The ‘Practical
Work’ of the Ulema:It
has become something of a fashion for people today to constantly
criticize and even condemn the traditional madrasa-educated
ulema. Not just non-Muslims but many Muslims themselves.... Read Full

Black flags rule
the Golden Night in Malegaon:The day witnessed
dharna, the night saw special prayers as the 2006 blast
anniversary peacefully reaches the fag end.
Unlike thousands of other towns in the Indian ....Read Full

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students exult again, this time in M. Sc.:After SSC, HSC and UPSC
exams, the girl students extended their winning streak yet again by
securing the top two slots in the list of the successful students in
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Rethinking the Dalit
Muslim Movement: The Pasmanda
Movement (PM) refers to the contemporary caste/class movement
among Indian Muslims. Though the history of caste movements
among Muslims can be traced back to the comme..... Read Full

US body accuses India of failing to protect minorities:A US government body tasked with making policy recommendations has
accused India of doing "so little to protect and bring justice to
its religious minorities under siege.".... Read Full

Washington: Avoiding a direct
comment on a US body's move to put India on its 'watch list' for
religious freedom, the State Department has said that "freedom of
expression and religious freedom" were important to the US.

But a department
spokesman Friday could not say if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
had talked about it during her visit to India last month.

"I can't say to
what degree it came up during the Secretary's conversations last
month, but clearly, this is an area which we think it obviously is,
across the globe, a source of potential stability," P J Cowley told
reporters Friday when asked about Clinton's impression of religious
freedom in India.

"And we believe
that those societies that practice significant tolerance will be
those that advance most significantly in the coming years."

"I think that,
obviously, we talk at the Department of State about many universal
principles. We've talked about them in a variety of contexts," he
said. "But certainly, freedom of expression and religious freedom we
think are hallmarks of stable, progressive societies in the 21st
century. It is obviously important to us."

India Thursday
slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
for putting India on its 'watch list' for allegedly inadequate
response in protecting its religious minorities.

Pointing out that
India, a country of 1.1 billion people, is a multi-ethnic and
multi-religious society," an external affairs ministry spokesperson
had described the move as "regrettable."

In a statement in
Washington Wednesday, the USCIRF said India earned the 'watch list'
designation due to the "disturbing increase" in communal violence
against religious minorities - specifically Christians in Orissa in
2008 and Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 - and the largely inadequate
response from the Indian government to protect the rights of
religious minorities.

In 1905 more than 100 years from today, when Iqbal
was a lecturer at the Government College, Lahore he was invited by his
student LalaHardayal to
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Saudi King calls for Interfaith Dialogue: The Saudi king has made an
impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews — the
first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel
and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and...Read Full

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